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Today marked an important milestone in spaceflight: SpaceX successfully launched the
Falcon Heavy rocket, landing two booster rockets safely back on earth and launching
a Tesla Roadster into heliocentric orbit. AE Professor Dr. Periklis Papadopulous
and Graduate Student Justin Ancheta comment on this monumental achievement in this
interview on ABC 7 News.

May 2017

Dr. Mourtos delivered two workshops on critical thinking skills and alternative teaching
methods to faculty at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman. Faculty, department
chairs and associate deans worked together to re-design their courses, ensuring student
development in critical thinking, problem-solving, design, communication, lifelong
learning, teamwork, change management, and self-assessment skills. Sultan Qaboos
University has grown from 500 students in 1986 to more than 7000 in fields including
medicine, engineering, agriculture, education, science, arts, commerce, economics,
law and nursing.

April 28, 2017

SJSU AE Propulsion students visit Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, CA for a first-hand
look at a Pratt & Whitney JT9D-1GT2 turbofan engine, a Westinghouse J46-WE-8 axial
flow jet engine, and a variety of radial piston engines. Special thanks to Professor
Murbach for organizing the event and to Hiller volunteer and retired engine designer
John for the introduction.

April 21-23, 2017

Team Cronus II takes 10th place in the highly competitive international design competition
Design-Build-Fly organized by AIAA.

Special thanks to superhero Professor Mendozafor making SJSU AE a top contender in DBF for many years and guiding this year's seniors to another successful finish!

April 20, 2017

Graduate student Tara Samuels awarded the Scott T. Axline Memorial Student Award for
Excellence in Service at the College of Engineering Awards Banquet. Tara was also
recently awarded the Society for Women Engineers Mary G. Ross Scholarship Award, an
endowed scholarship in memory of Lockheed's first female engineer.

April 15, 2017

SJSU AE students successfully launched 21(!!) rockets today. Congratulations to Alexander
Baek for his Level 1 High Performance Rocket certifications and to David Chau on his
impressive Level 2 HPR certification. Way to go Spartans!

March 10-12, 2017

Team Hermes represents SJSU at SAE Aero Design West in Fort Worth, TX. The Hermes
Phantom placed 6th out of 70 competitors in Presentation and flew beautifully but
lost points in the Flight category due to a crash.

Graduate students Matt Miller, Brian Graham and Eric Wahl present research papers at the AIAA SciTech Conference
in Grapevine, TX. The AIAA SciTech Forum is the single most important event for anyone involved in aerospace
research and development.

Senior Atharv Datye teaches kids ages 5-14 about airplanes at Hiller Aviation Museum.
During this winter's aviation camp, kids learned how to fly, perform a pattern and land a Cessna 172 on flight simulators.
Now they know how planes work too. Way to go, Atharv!

December 2016

Love is in the air. We couldn't be happier for our alumni, Seruvizhi Maharajan (MSAE
2014) and Arvind Srilatha (MSAE 2012), who were married in a gorgerous traditional
Indian ceremony in December 2016.

Seruvizhi and Arvind, we send you both our warmest wishes for a happy, healthy, and
prosperous journey together!

August 2016Senior Roberto Rosila participates in the 10,000-mile Mongol Rally for charity in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in a 1970 classic Mini Cooper.

June 2016Aerospace America, a publication of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics featured
SJSU's Design-Build-Fly team Cronus in their June 2016 edition, distinguishing SJSU
as a "perennial top contender". SJSU has taken first place in the competition multiple
times, against top aerospace engineering schools around the world.

April 2016Professor Mendoza featured on Wichita Eagle for his role in coaching SJSU's Team Cronus to a first place win in the AIAA 2016
Design-Build-Fly Competition.

April 2016Professor Murbach (PI) and Dr. Papadopoulos (Co-PI) collaborate on the development
of on-demand sample return capability (SPQR) TechEdSat-4 at NASA Ames Research Center.

Zaid is the founder, president, and team lead of Spartan Imagineering. He formed the
team to compete in the Disney Imaginations competition. His team developed a clean and energy efficient overhead monorail system for the
city of Toronto that ran on steam power. Their project made it to the finals of the competition.

April 17, 2016Aircraft design team Cronus won 1st Place in the highly competitive international
design competition Design-Build-Fly organized by AIAA. This is the second time that SJSU's aircraft design students have
won this competiition. The first time was in 2013, also under the guidance of Prof.
Mendoza.

Congratulations to team members: John Paul de la Cruz, Androw Yany, Tyler Sanders, Chris
Dickason, Kevin Surban and Roshan Patel. The AE Juniors who supported them: Michael
Gwinner, Landon Murray, Samneet Singh, and Richard Sok. Thank you to Professor Mendoza
for his excellent work in AE 171 A&B! More details in this nail-biting competition summary.

March 12, 2016Graduate student Tara Samuels receives the American Airlines Engineering Scholarship
Award. The winner was selected on the basis of academic standing, personal accomplishments,
teamwork, leadership skills, community service involvement and future career aspirations.
Congrats to Tara!